Quote Originally Posted by RichardM View Post
Not from a manual at all, it is knowledge that I happen to know.
The beer you describe is real ale and plenty of it has a good head that lasts. I'm drinking a pint of Catch now that has a head that is lasting. Whether beer has a head that lasts depends on the ingredients and how it is story and served, not on whether it is real ale, craft beer or mass produced bland beer
So your post was not a quote, just straight out of your head. I commend you sir, you have a brilliant and well organised mind.

I haven't seen a good draught beer in 20 years that had a head like a pint of brains had. I'm not talking about bubbles, I mean a nice creamy head that lasts the life of the pint.
Like I said, its all as flat as a witches tit. (Did I say that?)
A sparkler on the pump just makes short lasting bubbles.
The beer I describe is not 'real 'ale, it is what used to be called 'draught' before all the rubbish started to be touted as the savior of beer. Like I said, I drink smooth because it gives me the creamy head that draught beer used to.